barre oblique
\ba.ʁ‿ɔ.blik\
The verdict
“barre oblique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Signe de ponctuation sous la forme « / ».
Corpus desk
Index FR-barre-oblique · barre oblique · French
barre oblique · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | barre oblique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ba.ʁ‿ɔ.blik\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « barre oblique » en français
Rare enough to double-check
barre oblique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ba.ʁ‿ɔ.blik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Signe de ponctuation sous la forme « / ».".
No generated misspelling entries exist for barre oblique in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is barre oblique, spelled B-A-R-R-E- -O-B-L-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Signe de ponctuation sous la forme « / ».
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.